Omi-2

Variable star

Its story

ο² Centauri is a variable A-type star in the Centaur, a southern constellation rich in luminous suns. Her brightness oscillates slightly —atmospheric pulsations that betray internal instabilities— and she belongs to the lavish stellar landscape that ties the Southern Cross to the Milky Way, in one of the densest regions of the southern sky.

Constellation: Centaurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.12
Distance: 326200.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 172.953° · Dec -59.516°
Catalogue: HIP 56250 · HD 100262

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